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MV MU U Faces Suit On R Residency Rules By Ray Hartmann Missourian l Staff Writer The University's procedures for determining students' students residency status will be challenged in incourt incourt incourt court by the e American Civil Liberties Union ACLU it was announced Tuesday but the practice of charging higher fees to state out-of-state students will remain uncontested The local ACLU chapters chapter's executive board voted in secret session Monday to authorize ACLU f f a suit s it against University residence and tuition policies Alden Carpenter chapter chairman said The suit will focus on the question of who are the residents and who are the residents non at atthe atthe the University he said STATE OUT students must pay 1000 per year higher tuition to attend the University than students classified as Missouri residents Carpenter said the ACLU has enlisted the services of Gladstone Madison a local law firm to handle the suit As in all aU cases handled by the ACLU there are no attorneys' attorneys fees ees charged and ACLU covers all other legal costs The board did not decide whether the suit would involve only one students student's case or if it would be a class action action- on behalf of- of several of-several several students Carpenter said It was decided however that in either case a request for in in- instate instate state status by law student Gregory J. J Smith Sn th would be an appropriate one to support in incourt incourt incourt court he said Smith Smi 24 of IX 2306 Whitegate Drive claims that for fex- two years year he has been a Missouri resident in every respect but the Board of Curators s last month denied his appeal for state in-state status Smith came came to the University in 1971 from Pennsylvania UNIVERSITY regulations state that to be considered an state in-state student one must have lived in Missouri for a full fun year prior to registering at the University Mrs Fay Dissinger manager of cashiering said She added the student had to show he was in the state primarily for some reason other than to go to school to receive a change in residence status The ACLU believes portions of the University University University sity regulations conflict with the due process guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment Carpenter said He added that at the ACLU thought Smith has been denied due process and equal protection pro under the law in the determination of his residence status Carpenter said the decision to pursue a lawsuit was reached by the chapters chapter's board after reviewed it a June Supreme Court decision and University regulations THE COURT ruled in a Connecticut case that thata a student must be allowed to change his per per- permanent permanent permanent manent residence to gain state in-state status if he meets reasonable residency requirements This change must be possible while one maintains main main- maintains maintains student status the court ruled After the decision University legal counsel Jackson Wright said the University's regulations were in compliance with the Courts Court's position Carpenter however said the ACLU felt portions of the regulations were arbitrary and that in practice the only onty way an out out-of- state student can become a resident is to leave the University for fOI a year Carpenter said the Supreme Court decision gave the University the University the right to differentiate differentia about residence when setting tuition fees but that it would affect the residency classification of students THERES NO contention here as to the legitimacy of the University's charging higher tuition to state out out state f-state students he be said The issue is definition of residence Because of this an ACLU victory in court probably would not have a major financial impact on the University because most students paying state out out state f-state fees would not be directly affected Carpenter said Carpenter said strategy details were not clear cut and even in deciding to take up the issue the ACLU chapter board members were not in unanimous agreement about which rules were arbitrary and which were not

MV MU U Faces Suit On R Residency Rules By Ray Hartmann Missourian l Staff Writer The University's procedures for determining students' students residency status will be challenged in incourt incourt incourt court by the e American Civil Liberties Union ACLU it was announced Tuesday but the practice of charging higher fees to state out-of-state students will remain uncontested The local ACLU chapters chapter's executive board voted in secret session Monday to authorize ACLU f f a suit s it against University residence and tuition policies Alden Carpenter chapter chairman said The suit will focus on the question of who are the residents and who are the residents non at atthe atthe the University he said STATE OUT students must pay 1000 per year higher tuition to attend the University than students classified as Missouri residents Carpenter said the ACLU has enlisted the services of Gladstone Madison a local law firm to handle the suit As in all aU cases handled by the ACLU there are no attorneys' attorneys fees ees charged and ACLU covers all other legal costs The board did not decide whether the suit would involve only one students student's case or if it would be a class action action- on behalf of- of several of-several several students Carpenter said It was decided however that in either case a request for in in- instate instate state status by law student Gregory J. J Smith Sn th would be an appropriate one to support in incourt incourt incourt court he said Smith Smi 24 of IX 2306 Whitegate Drive claims that for fex- two years year he has been a Missouri resident in every respect but the Board of Curators s last month denied his appeal for state in-state status Smith came came to the University in 1971 from Pennsylvania UNIVERSITY regulations state that to be considered an state in-state student one must have lived in Missouri for a full fun year prior to registering at the University Mrs Fay Dissinger manager of cashiering said She added the student had to show he was in the state primarily for some reason other than to go to school to receive a change in residence status The ACLU believes portions of the University University University sity regulations conflict with the due process guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment Carpenter said He added that at the ACLU thought Smith has been denied due process and equal protection pro under the law in the determination of his residence status Carpenter said the decision to pursue a lawsuit was reached by the chapters chapter's board after reviewed it a June Supreme Court decision and University regulations THE COURT ruled in a Connecticut case that thata a student must be allowed to change his per per- permanent permanent permanent manent residence to gain state in-state status if he meets reasonable residency requirements This change must be possible while one maintains main main- maintains maintains student status the court ruled After the decision University legal counsel Jackson Wright said the University's regulations were in compliance with the Courts Court's position Carpenter however said the ACLU felt portions of the regulations were arbitrary and that in practice the only onty way an out out-of- state student can become a resident is to leave the University for fOI a year Carpenter said the Supreme Court decision gave the University the University the right to differentiate differentia about residence when setting tuition fees but that it would affect the residency classification of students THERES NO contention here as to the legitimacy of the University's charging higher tuition to state out out state f-state students he be said The issue is definition of residence Because of this an ACLU victory in court probably would not have a major financial impact on the University because most students paying state out out state f-state fees would not be directly affected Carpenter said Carpenter said strategy details were not clear cut and even in deciding to take up the issue the ACLU chapter board members were not in unanimous agreement about which rules were arbitrary and which were not